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'Petrograd, April 15.-Tae Tear at two o'clcok this afternoon pro ceeded to the Putilof shipyard, where the enormous population of the Patiloff suburb, gently eighteen thousand people, torced ont to greet his Majesty, soclaim- ing him with prolonged cheering. The Tser visited various work- shops which were making muni tions of war, sad had a White- head torpedo tried in his presezer His Majesty was photographed with the workmen after having spent three hours and a half among them. Uper leaving tho Tear that ked the men för. the zeal they were displaying in carry. ing out the urgent orders for munitions and in working even daring the Ester holidays. The men gave his Majesty an ectbas." iastic ceud-f-Router.
Ammunition Expenditure.. The British troops used to blow up the German position on Mont Si, Eloi 0,000 kilogrammea (13,000 lb.) of dynamite. It is stated in military circles that 7,000,000 rifle cartridges and 7,000,000 machine gun cartridges were used daily by the Franco- British forces in the battle of the
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Aug. 5-England announces a Sept. 28-Germane begin siege of Dultan Mr & Mrs G Rahardson Mr & Mrs James Mis. D
Antwerp. athte of war with Germany.
Det, 2-Germans defeated at
Montenegro, Aug.-Germane enter Liege. French uyade southern Alsace. Aug. 8. italy reaffirme
neutrality. Aug. 15.-Antrians enter Servia.
ARMY TERMS EXPLAINED. Army corps is a complete army on a small scale in itself. The strength varies from 35,000 to 45,000 men.
A
Division is a "force of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, usually with a strength of from 15,000 to 20,000 men, Brigade is a force of infantry or cavalry. The infantry brigade is from 4,000 to 7,000 strong. The cavalry brigade is from 1,000 to 2,000 strong. Regiment of infantry is "from
2,000 to 4,000 strong. cavalry regiment is from 500 to 1,000 men strong. Squadron of cavalry is from 150
to 200 man strong. Battery of artillery in the British and French armies has 6 guns and about 200 men. In the German Army consists of 4 guns and 160 mon. In the Russian Army it consists of 8 guns and 250 then.
"PRINCIPAL EVENTS. June 28-Archduke Franois Fer
dinand Basseinated.
July 23-Austria sends an ulti-
matam to Servia." July 31-Raseis orders general
mobilisation.
Aug. 1-Germany declares war on Russia. French Cabinet orders general mobilisation.
Japan sende ultimatum to Germany.
Ang. 17.-Brities expeditionary force completes its landing in France.
Aug. 19-Beginning of battle of
Augustówo.
Oct. 5-Balgian Government re- moved from Antwerp to Ostend.
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Oct. 7-Bombardment of Antwerp
begins.
Jan. 8-French advance across
Aisne, north of Srissons. Jan. 13-Tarka occupy Tabriz.
Count Berchtold resigns." Jan. 19-German air fleet hom-
Lorraine. Aug.20-Gormansonter Brassele. Aug. 23-Germans enter Namur Jan.
and begin attack on Möns. Ang. 24-British begin `retrest
from Mons.
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Aug. 25- French evacuate Mül-j
hsured.
Ang. 26 Non-partisan French Cabinet organised. Germans take Longev
Aug,
27- Louvain burned by Germans. Japanese block- ade Tsingtau. Aug. 28-Battle of Heligoland. Sept. 2-German advance reaches
Sentia, thirty miles from Paris, and swings eastward. French Government. moves to Bordeaux. Sept. 3-Russians occupy Lem
borg.
Sept. 5-Battle of the Marne
begins:
Sept. 7-Maubeuge taken by the
Germana,
Sept. 12-German retreat halts
on the Aisne, Sept. 20 -- Germana
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Feb. 27-Allied Fleet enters the
Dardanelles after destructive Nov. 11-Germans capture Dix- bombardment.
mude.
Oct. 9-Antwerp occupied by Nov. 12-Russiana occupy Jobau-
the Germans.
Oct. 12-A Baer commando in
the Cape Province mutinies. Oct. 13 Belgian Government
transferred from Ostend to Havre.
Oct. 14-Allies occupy Ypres,
barde Yarmouth and other
Battle begins on the Vistula. Norfolk coast towns.
21-General Falkenhayn,
Oct. 16-Oatend occupied by
the Germans.. "German War Minister, Oot. 16-British craiser Fawke resigua,
Jan. 24-British naval victory in North Sea: the Blucher sunk. Jan. 26-Germans lose two bat-
taliona at Givency and Quin ohy.
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Jan. 31-Germany inaugurates submarine raids on British shipping.
Feb. 3-German destroyer sunk
sunk by German submarine. Oct. 24-Ten daya' battle be- fore Wartaw ends in German defeat, Oct. 27 Bussians
Lodz and Radow.
reoccupy
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Contemporary Opinion 43-45
P. & O. Mil Steamers......45 8-11 The Colony's Health....45
Correspondence ............7 Commercial
The Courts.....12-14 Bunghom Prisoner'a, Es Leading Articles............15-2?
Notes and Comments....... 25-27 Hengkong's Empire Day Special Articles 28-34 Gift ......... 45
Sportma.35 Prince of Wales' Fond...40
Sanitary Affairs in Kor
Tragic Dealb at Shanghai 46..
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loon ... .... ... .... ...........36-37 Local Wedding ......
Riview........
37-38 Over-Seas Airofaft Fund..:47-48.
39-40
Harbour Regulations.......38 | Legislative Council.......18-50 Empire Day
The Elucation of Hong-
kong..... Telegrams
From the Pulpit
The Scouts Rally........... 42
Dec. 16-German cruisera bom
bard Scarborough and Hartlepool.
Dec. 18-Egypt proclaimed a British protectorate. Gen. Botha regards Boer rebellion as at an end,
aieborg in East Prossio, Nov. 19- House of Commons
votes a new army of 1,000,000 Dec. 20-26-Severe fighting on
the line of the Bzura River. men. Mora than 1,100,000 men already under arms, ex- Dec. 22-French Parliament as 23-Russians surr and Ger-
sembles. clusive of Territorials:
man corps south of Lodz. Nov. 26-British battleship Bul-
Nev.
wark destroyed by explosion in the Medway River. Ger- mans break through Russian circle near Lodz, Dec. 1-German Rsiebstug votes new credit of five billion
Dec. 23-French Chamber votes
war credit of £340,000,000. Dec. 25-British naval and aerial raid against Cuxhaven. Dec. 28 French occupy St. Georges, near Nieuport,
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Muroh 16.-Sir John French estimates German lomas in. La Batees region to be 17,000. March 18-British battleships
Irresistible and Ocean and French battleship Bouvet sank by floating mines in Dardanelles. Admiralty an nounose that it has reason to believe the Karlsruhe was sank off the West Indies in November.
March 19.-Russiansonter Memel,
East Prussia. March 21.-Fatile Zeppelin zaid
on Paris,
Jan, 1, 1915-British battleship March 22-Pizemysl sarrenders
Formidable eunk in the to the Russians. Channel.
March 24.British airmen carry out "Buccessful attack on Garman submarine works at Hoboken.
marke King Gerrge in Jan. 3-French capture Steinbach. Jan. 3-4-Russians win decisive Flanders: Oct. 29-Turkey begins war on Dec. 2-Austrians occupy Bel-.
victory over Tarka in the Caucasus, Russians overrun Bakovino.
Russia by naval attacks en
Odenss and in the Crimea."
Oct. 30-Col. Maritz, rebel leader
driven out of Cape Colony.
German naval victory off the coat of Chili.
by Russian submarine off Denmark. German auxiliary Nov. 1. oruiser sunk off Patagonia... Feb. 5-Turke attempt to oross
Suez Canal.
Feb, 6-Allies resolve t näite
financial reson2008...
Feb. 8-Total British cagasities 104,000. Tarks retreat from › Suez Canal.
Feb.
10-Germans executs the
rebel Maritz.
Feb. 17-Canadian contingent
lands in France.
bombard Fab.. 20-27-Over 10,000 Ger-
mans surrender in France.
Bheime and injure the famous
Nov. 3-German squadron makes
Nov, 4-German oruiser Yorck
strikes mine in Jade Bay and sinks, Nov. 5--England and Frence de-
grade. Gen. De Wet captur-
od.
Dec. 3-Servians turn on Aus- Mar. 1-House of Commons vetes
trians in three daya battle
which ends in a notable Ser- vian victory.
Dec. 6-Germans occupy Lodz,
a raid on British coast near Dec. 8-British naval victory cff Yarmouth,
Falkland Islands, British occupy Bassorab, in Asia Minor. Dec. 9 Gen. Byers, Boer leader, killed at the Vaal River Deo. 13-British submarine sirka the Measudieh in Dardanelles. Dec. 14-Servians capture large
Austrian foross.
clare war on Turkey. Dar- danelles forte bombarded. Russians reoccupy Jaroslav, Nov. 6-Teingtau surrenders. Nov. 7. Russians enter Baat
Prussia Nov. 10--The Emlen destroyed:
Dec. 16Austrians evacuate Bel-
grade,
supplementary credit of 37 millions and a fresh credit of 250 millions,
March 26-German ambmarino March 20.-Russian Fleet bom- U29-Bank with all hande
barde the Bosphorus, Ger man submarine sinks West African liner Falabs.
Maroh 8.-British aeroplanos March 31-Australia offers an
attack Ostend. Mirch 9.-Second Canadian con-
tingent lands in England. March 3-10,-Four German sub marines nocounted for.
March
10-British capture Neave Chapelle, va March 14-Announced that Ger
man losses in La Bassoe region total 10,000 in three days.
March
14 -German oraiser Dresden sunk off Juan Fer nandez Island.
other contingent. April 6-His Majesty the King forbids consumption of wines, spirits and beer in any of his houses, April 8.-Prinz Eitel Friederich interned in Norfolk Navy Yard, U.S.A.AR April 12-Kron Prinz Wilhelm puts in at Newport News Announced that second Canadian contingent will be despatched in the near future.
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